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    IP Fabric

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    IP Fabric is a network management system used to discover, verify, visualize and document large scale networks.

    Parameters

    1. IP Fabric Domain (required) - The hostname or IP address of the IP Fabric server that Axonius can communicate with via the Required Ports. For example: https://ipfabric.axonius.lan.
    2. User Name and Password (optional, preferred option) - The credentials for a user account that has the Required Permissions to fetch assets. Use either User Name and Password or API Key. Refer to API Keys for information on obtaining the API Key.
    3. API Key - An API Key associated with a user account that has the Required Permissions to fetch assets. Use either API Key or User Name and Password.
    4. Verify SSL - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.
    5. HTTPS Proxy (optional) - Connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.

    To learn more about common adapter connection parameters and buttons, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.

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    Advanced Settings

    Note:

    Advanced settings can either apply for all connections for this adapter, or you can set different advanced settings and/or different scheduling for a specific connection, refer to ​Advanced Configuration for Adapters.

    Ignore assets without hostname - Select this option to not fetch devices if they do not have a hostname


    Note:

    To learn more about Adapter Configuration tab advanced settings, see Adapter Advanced Settings.


    Ignore assets without hostname - Select this option to not fetch devices if they do not have a hostname

    APIs

    Axonius uses IPFabric API (v1).

    Required Ports

    Axonius must be able to communicate with the value supplied in IP Fabric Domain via the following ports:

    • 443 (HTTPS)

    Required Permissions

    The value supplied in User Name must have read access to devices.
    Every user has their granted scope that allows them to access a different part of the IP Fabric application. The scope required is 'read' that provides access to read-only data.

    For more details, see IP Fabric API - Authorization.

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